Summary
We have had the
opportunity to test a large
number of 890 based
boards and we can tell
without prejudice, there is
nothing in the same league
as the CH4. The number
of bios options and the
way this board performs
is peerless. ASUS has,
for some time now,
been producing the best
motherboards in the AMD
category and we believe
this tradition continues
with the CH4. We would
put a warning tag on this
board for subzero users, it
can be amazing, but it can
also be frustrating.
Would you buy it?
however there is one downside
though and that’s the subzero
behaviour of this motherboard.
The CH3 was known to be flaky
when subzero and sadly the
CH4 exhibited similar behaviour.
A typical scenario with a CH4
would have the board operating
very smoothly, with great
results then suddenly the board
begins to crash. The only way
to stop the problems is to cease
your benching session and retry
again later.
Notes on scores by
others
On XtremeSystems, Mad222
finally broke the 2400 MHz
barrier on AMD, something that
was only a pipe dream on the
Deneb Core. He did so with a
kit of GEIL One and hit a grand
frequency of 1213MHz. At this
stage the ASUS board is head
and shoulders in front of other
brands where RAM clocking is
concerned. Equivalent results
on other boards are around the
1950 MHz mark.
Additional Information
The OC Station is an available
attachment for this motherboard
that quite a few users might want
to consider. It brings a number of
valuable overclocking options out of
the bios and directly into the hands
of the overclocker. This enables
on the fly adjustments during
benchmarks which is very valuable
for benchmarks like 3DMark06 or
Vantage that have large differences
in system requirements
throughout the benchmark. This
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